2000 Beach Soccer World Championships
| VI Beach Soccer World Championships 2000 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Brazil |
| Dates | 13 – 20 February |
| Teams | 12 (from 4 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Brazil (6th title) |
| Runners-up |  Peru |
| Third place |  Spain |
| Fourth place |  Japan |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 20 |
| Goals scored | 172 (8.6 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Júnior (13 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Júnior |
| Best goalkeeper | Eichi Kato |
The 2000 Beach Soccer World Championship was the seventh edition of the Beach Soccer World Championships, the most prestigious competition in international beach soccer contested by men's national teams, organised by Koch Tavares, the founding partner of Beach Soccer Worldwide, which ultimately came under the control of FIFA in 2005 and subsequently rebranded as the better known FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
The tournament continued to take place in Rio de Janeiro, however for the first time the venue moved away from Copacabana Beach, being staged around ten miles north at the Marina da Glória.
Defending champions Brazil won their sixth consecutive title, after defeating Peru 6–2 in the final.
Organisation
The organisation remained the same as the previous World Cup, continuing with twelve teams, split into four groups of three teams with the top two teams progressing to the quarter finals.
Teams
Africa and Oceania were unrepresented.
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Asian Zone (1): European Zone (5): North American Zone (1): |
South American Zone (4): Hosts:
Notes:
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Group stage
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Brazil
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 6 |
 Italy
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 3 |
 Germany
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 17 | -10 | 0 |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Japan
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
 Portugal
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
 Argentina
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 0 |
Group C
| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Peru
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
 Venezuela
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
 France
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | -9 | 0 |
Group D
| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Spain
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
 United States
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 |
 Uruguay
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 2 |
Knockout stage
Quarter finals
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Winners
| 2000 Beach Soccer World Championship |
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 Brazil Sixth title |
Awards
| Top scorer |
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| Júnior
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| 13 goals |
| Best player |
| Júnior
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| Best goalkeeper |
| Eichi Kato
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Final standings
| Position | Team |
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| 1 | Brazil
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| 2 | Peru
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| 3 | Spain
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| 4 | Japan
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| 5 | Venezuela
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| 6 | Portugal
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| 7 | United States
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| 8 | Italy
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| 9 | Uruguay
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| 10 | Argentina
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| 11 | France
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| 12 | Germany
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